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Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 53 (2003), 1297-1303; DOI  10.1099/ijs.0.02365-0
© 2003 International Union of Microbiological Societies

Bacillus marisflavi sp. nov. and Bacillus aquimaris sp. nov., isolated from sea water of a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea

Jung-Hoon Yoon1, In-Gi Kim1, Kook Hee Kang2, Tae-Kwang Oh1 and Yong-Ha Park1,3

1 Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), PO Box 115, Yusong, Taejon, Korea
2 Department of Food and Life Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Chunchun-dong 300, Jangan-gu, Suwon, Korea
3 National Research Laboratory of Molecular Ecosystematics, Institute of Probionic, Probionic Corporation, Bio-venture Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), PO Box 115, Yusong, Taejon, Korea

Correspondence
Yong-Ha Park
yhpark{at}kribb.re.kr


   ABSTRACT
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INTRODUCTION
 METHODS
 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
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Two Gram-positive or Gram-variable, endospore-forming, moderately halophilic rods (strains TF-11T and TF-12T) were isolated from a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea and were subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. Strains TF-11T and TF-12T had cell-wall peptidoglycan based on meso-diaminopimelic acid. The predominant menaquinone found in the two strains was MK-7. The cellular fatty acid profiles of both strains contained large amounts of branched and saturated fatty acids. The major fatty acids were anteiso-C15 : 0 and iso-C15 : 0. The DNA G+C contents of strains TF-11T and TF-12T were respectively 49 and 38 mol%. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rDNA sequences showed that strains TF-11T and TF-12T fell within the radiation of the cluster comprising Bacillus species. The level of 16S rDNA sequence similarity between strains TF-11T and TF-12T was 98·3 %. Strains TF-11T and TF-12T exhibited levels of 16S rDNA sequence similarity of less than 96·0 and 96·3 %, respectively, to Bacillus species. The mean level of DNA–DNA relatedness between the two strains was approximately 7 %. On the basis of phenotypic and phylogenetic data and genomic distinctiveness, strains TF-11T and TF-12T should be placed in the genus Bacillus as two distinct novel species, for which the names Bacillus marisflavi sp. nov. (type strain TF-11T=KCCM 41588T=JCM 11544T) and Bacillus aquimaris sp. nov. (type strain TF-12T=KCCM 41589T=JCM 11545T) are proposed.

Published online ahead of print on 21 February 2003 as DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.02365-0.

The GenBank accession numbers for the 16S rDNA sequences of strains TF-11T and TF-12T are AF483624 and AF483625.

An extended phylogenetic tree is available as supplementary material in IJSEM Online.


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Moderately halophilic or halotolerant, Gram-positive or -variable, endospore-forming rods have been commonly isolated from marine environments and related regions or materials (Ventosa et al., 1998Go; Wainø et al., 1999Go; Yoon et al., 2001aGo). In the course of screening micro-organisms present in a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea, many moderately halophilic or halotolerant, endospore-forming rods have been isolated and characterized taxonomically. In this study, two moderately halophilic, rod-shaped, endospore-forming strains (TF-11T and TF-12T) isolated from this environment are described. Most Gram-positive or Gram-variable, endospore-forming rods with moderately halophilic or halotolerant properties have previously been assigned to the genus Bacillus, e.g. Bacillus dipsosauri (Lawson et al., 1996Go), Bacillus halodurans (Nielsen et al., 1995Go), Bacillus halophilus (Ventosa et al., 1989Go), Bacillus marinus (Rüger, 1983Go; Rüger & Richter, 1979Go), Bacillus marismortui (Arahal et al., 1999Go), Bacillus pantothenticus (Proom & Knight, 1950Go), Bacillus salexigens (Garabito et al., 1997Go) and others (Claus & Berkeley, 1986Go). Recently, innovations in the study of bacterial systematics have aided the reclassification of many species assigned to the genus Bacillus (Ash et al., 1993Go; Heyndrickx et al., 1998Go; Shida et al., 1996Go; Wisotzkey et al., 1992Go). Many moderately halophilic or halotolerant Bacillus species have also been reclassified as members of new genera or transferred to other genera. Bacillus dipsosauri has been transferred to Gracilibacillus, together with the description of a novel genus and species, Gracilibacillus halotolerans (Wainø et al., 1999Go). Bacillus salexigens has been reclassified as Salibacillus salexigens (Wainø et al., 1999Go) and Bacillus marinus has been reclassified as Marinibacillus marinus (Yoon et al., 2001bGo). Bacillus marismortui has been transferred to the genus Salibacillus as Salibacillus marismortui (Arahal et al., 2000Go). Interestingly, many recently isolated bacilli with moderately halophilic or halotolerant properties have been identified as members of related new genera rather than members of the genus Bacillus (Lu et al., 2001Go; Schlesner et al., 2001Go; Spring et al., 1996Go; Wainø et al., 1999Go; Yoon et al., 2001bGo). These facts indicate the importance of a polyphasic approach for determination of the exact taxonomic positions of moderately halophilic or halotolerant, endospore-forming rods. Accordingly, the aim of the present study was to determine the exact taxonomic status of strains TF-11T and TF-12T using a combination of phenotypic properties, phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rDNA sequences and genomic relatedness. On the basis of the data presented below, strains TF-11T and TF-12T should be placed in the genus Bacillus as two distinct novel species, Bacillus marisflavi sp. nov. and Bacillus aquimaris sp. nov., respectively.


   METHODS
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Bacterial strains and cultural conditions.
Strains TF-11T and TF-12T were isolated from sea water of a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea by the dilution plating technique on marine agar (MA) (Difco). Cell biomass of strains TF-11T and TF-12T for analyses of the cell wall and menaquinones and for DNA extraction was obtained from marine broth (MB) (Difco) cultures at 30 °C. The two strains were cultivated on a horizontal shaker at 150 r.p.m. and broth cultures were checked for purity by microscopic examination before being harvested by centrifugation. For fatty acid methyl ester analysis, cell mass was obtained from agar plates after cultivation for 2 days at 30 °C on MA.

Morphological and physiological characterization.
Cell morphology was examined by light microscopy and TEM. Flagellum type was examined by TEM using cells from exponentially growing cultures. The cells were negatively stained with 1 % (w/v) phosphotungstic acid and, after air drying, the grids were examined using a model CM-20 TEM (Philips). The Gram reaction was determined using the bioMérieux Gram stain kit according to the manufacturer's instructions. Catalase activity was determined by bubble production in a 3 % (v/v) hydrogen peroxide solution. Oxidase activity was determined by oxidation of 1 % p-aminodimethylaniline oxalate. Urease activity was determined as described by Cowan & Steel (1965)Go, carried out in the presence and absence of 3 % (w/v) NaCl. Hydrolysis of casein and starch was determined as described by Cowan & Steel (1965)Go. Hydrolysis of gelatin was determined as described by Cowan & Steel (1965)Go, in the presence and absence of 3 % (w/v) NaCl. Hydrolysis of aesculin and Tween 80 was determined as described by Cowan & Steel (1965)Go or performed on MA with the concentration of substrates described previously (Cowan & Steel, 1965Go). Nitrate reduction was determined as described by Lanyi (1987)Go, in the presence and absence of 3 % (w/v) NaCl. Hydrolysis of hypoxanthine, tyrosine and xanthine was examined on MA with substrate concentrations described previously (Cowan & Steel, 1965Go). Acid production from carbohydrates was determined as described by Leifson (1963)Go and using the API 50CH system (bioMérieux). Cell mass of strains TF-11T and TF-12T was suspended in 2 ml artificial sea water which contained (l-1 distilled water) 23·6 g NaCl, 0·64 g KCl, 4·53 g MgCl2.6H2O, 5·94 g MgSO4.7H2O and 1·3 g CaCl2.2H2O (Levring, 1946Go). This suspension was added to API 50CHB medium. Growth under anaerobic conditions was determined after incubation in an anaerobic chamber with MA that had been prepared anaerobically. Growth at various NaCl concentrations was investigated on MA or in MB. Growth at various temperatures was measured on MA at 4–55 °C.

Isolation of DNA.
Chromosomal DNA was isolated and purified according to Yoon et al. (1996)Go, with the exception that ribonuclease T1 was used together with ribonuclease A.

Chemotaxonomic characterization.
The isomer type of diamino acid of the cell-wall peptidoglycan was determined by the method of Komagata & Suzuki (1987)Go. Menaquinones were analysed as described previously (Komagata & Suzuki, 1987Go) using reversed-phase HPLC. For quantitative analysis of cellular fatty acid compositions, a loop of cell mass was harvested and fatty acid methyl esters were prepared and identified following the instructions of the Microbial Identification system (MIDI).

Determination of G+C content.
The G+C content was determined by the method of Tamaoka & Komagata (1984)Go. DNA was hydrolysed and the resultant nucleotides were analysed by reversed-phase HPLC.

DNA–DNA hybridization.
DNA–DNA hybridization was performed fluorometrically by the method of Ezaki et al. (1989)Go using photobiotin-labelled DNA probes and microdilution wells. Hybridization was performed with five replications for each sample. Of the values obtained, the highest and lowest values in each sample were excluded. DNA–DNA relatedness values are expressed as the mean of the remaining three values.

16S rDNA sequencing and phylogenetic analysis.
16S rDNA was amplified by PCR using two universal primers as described previously (Yoon et al., 1998Go). The PCR product was purified with a QIAquick PCR purification kit (Qiagen). Sequencing of the purified 16S rDNA was performed using an ABI PRISM BigDye Terminator cycle sequencing ready reaction kit (Applied Biosystems) as recommended by the manufacturer. The purified sequencing reaction mixtures were electrophoresed automatically using an Applied Biosystems model 377 automatic DNA sequencer. Alignment of sequences was carried out using CLUSTAL W software (Thompson et al., 1994Go). Gaps at the 5' and 3' ends of the alignment were omitted from further analysis. Phylogenetic trees were inferred using three tree-making algorithms, the neighbour-joining (Saitou & Nei, 1987Go), maximum-likelihood (Felsenstein, 1981Go) and maximum-parsimony (Kluge & Farris, 1969Go) methods contained within the PHYLIP package (Felsenstein, 1993Go). Evolutionary distance matrices for the neighbour-joining method were calculated using the algorithm of Jukes & Cantor (1969)Go with the program DNADIST. The stability of relationships was assessed by a bootstrap analysis based on 1000 resampling of the neighbour-joining dataset using the programs SEQBOOT, DNADIST, NEIGHBOR and CONSENSE of the PHYLIP package.


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Morphology
Strain TF-11T was Gram-positive but changed to Gram-variable as the cultures aged. Strain TF-12T was Gram-variable. Cells of strain TF-11T and TF-12T were rods, approximately 0·6–0·8x1·5–3·5 µm and 0·5–0·7x1·2–3·5 µm, respectively, after 3 days cultivation at 30 °C on MA (Fig. 1Go). Strains TF-11T and TF-12T were respectively motile by means of a single polar flagellum and peritrichous flagella. Strain TF-11T had ellipsoidal endospores observed at subterminal or central positions in swollen sporangia. Strain TF-12T had ellipsoidal endospores produced centrally in large, swollen sporangia. Colonies of strain TF-11T were smooth, circular to slightly irregular, slightly raised, pale yellow in colour and 2–4 mm in diameter after 3 days growth at 30 °C on MA. Colonies of strain TF-12T were circular to slightly irregular, slightly raised, pale orange-yellow in colour and 2–4 mm in diameter after 3 days growth at 30 °C on MA.



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  		Fig. 1. TEM of strains TF-11T (a) and TF-12T (b) from 3-day-old cultures grown on MA. Bars, 1 µm.

 
Cultural and physiological characteristics
Strains TF-11T and TF-12T grew optimally at 30–37 °C. Strain TF-11T grew at 10 and 47 °C, but not at 4 °C or above 48 °C. Strain TF-12T grew at 10 and 44 °C, but not at 4 °C or above 45 °C. Strains TF-11T and TF-12T respectively grew optimally at pH 6·0–8·0 and pH 6·0–7·0. Strain TF-11T grew at pH 4·5 and 9·0, but strain TF-12T did not. Strain TF-11T did not grow at pH 4·0. Strains TF-11T and TF-12T grew optimally in the presence of 2–5 % (w/v) NaCl. In the absence of NaCl, strain TF-11T grew relatively well, but strain TF-12T showed poor growth. Strains TF-11T and TF-12T did not grow in the presence of more than 17 and 19 % (w/v) NaCl, respectively. The two strains did not grow under anaerobic conditions on MA. Both strains had catalase activity, but not oxidase or urease activities. Casein was hydrolysed, but no hydrolysis of hypoxanthine, tyrosine or xanthine was observed. Aesculin was hydrolysed by strain TF-11T, but not by strain TF-12T. Starch and Tween 80 were hydrolysed by strain TF-12T, but not by strain TF-11T. The phenotypic properties of strains TF-11T and TF-12T are summarized in Table 1Go.


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  		Table 1. Phenotypic properties of strains TF-11T and TF-12T

+, Positive; -, negative; W, weakly positive; V, variable. Both strains were rods and had ellipsoidal endospores. Both strains were positive for catalase, hydrolysis of casein and acid production from D-fructose, D-glucose, maltose, D-ribose, sucrose and D-trehalose. Both strains were negative for oxidase, urease, hydrolysis of hypoxanthine, tyrosine and xanthine and acid production from N-acetylglucosamine, adonitol, amygdalin, D-arabinose, L-arabinose, D-arabitol, L-arabitol, dulcitol, erythritol, D-fucose, L-fucose, gluconate, inulin, 2-ketogluconate, lactose, D-lyxose, myo-inositol, D-melezitose, methyl {alpha}-D-glucoside, methyl {beta}-D-xylose, L-rhamnose, D-sorbitol, sorbose, D-tagatose, D-turanose, xylitol and L-xylose.

 
Chemotaxonomic characteristics and DNA base composition
Strains TF-11T and TF-12T contained meso-diaminopimelic acid as the diagnostic diamino acid in the cell-wall peptidoglycan. The predominant menaquinone was unsaturated menaquinone with seven isoprene units (MK-7). Both strains had cellular fatty acid profiles containing large amounts of branched and saturated fatty acids (Table 2Go). Strains TF-11T and TF-12T contained anteiso-C15 : 0 and iso-C15 : 0 as the major fatty acids (Table 2Go). At present in bacterial systematics, chemotaxonomic differentiation is not necessarily possible among some aerobic or facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped, endospore-forming genera. Nevertheless, the chemotaxonomic properties obtained for strains TF-11T and TF-12T were most similar to those of the genus Bacillus (Shida et al., 1997Go). The genomic DNA G+C contents of strains TF-11T and TF-12T were respectively 49 and 38 mol%.


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  		Table 2. Cellular fatty acid profiles of strains TF-11T and TF-12T

Values are percentages of total fatty acids. -, Not detected; i, iso; ai, anteiso.

 
Phylogenetic analysis
The 16S rDNA sequences of strains TF-11T and TF-12T determined in this study comprised 1506 and 1507 nt, respectively, representing approximately 96 % of the Escherichia coli 16S rRNA sequence. The level of 16S rDNA sequence similarity between strains TF-11T and TF-12T was 98·3 %. A phylogenetic tree, generated using the neighbour-joining algorithm, showed that strains TF-11T and TF-12T both fell within the radiation of the cluster comprising Bacillus species and formed a coherent cluster that is supported by a bootstrap analysis at a confidence level of 100 % (Fig. 2Go). This cluster joins with the phylogenetic clade comprising Bacillus subtilis, the type species of the genus Bacillus (Fig. 2Go). However, the clustering fidelity between the two phylogenetic groups was supported by a relatively low bootstrap resampling value of 56·4 % (Fig. 2Go). This tree topology was also found in trees generated with the maximum-likelihood and maximum-parsimony algorithms (not shown). Strains TF-11T and TF-12T exhibited levels of 16S rDNA sequence similarity of less than 96·0 and 96·3 %, respectively, to Bacillus species whose 16S rDNA sequences are known.



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  		Fig. 2. Neighbour-joining tree showing the phylogenetic positions of strains TF-11T and TF-12T and representatives of some other related taxa based on 16S rDNA sequences. Bar, 0·01 substitutions per nucleotide position. Bootstrap values (expressed as percentages of 1000 replications) greater than 50 % are shown at branch-points. An extended phylogenetic tree is available as supplementary material in IJSEM Online.

 
DNA–DNA relatedness
DNA–DNA hybridization was performed to determine the genomic relatedness between strains TF-11T and TF-12T. Strains TF-11T and TF-12T exhibited two independent levels of DNA–DNA relatedness, of 5·1 and 8·8 %, when each of their DNAs was used separately as the labelled DNA probe. These data indicate that strains TF-11T and TF-12T are members of two different genomic species of the genus Bacillus (Wayne et al., 1987Go).

Conclusions
16S rDNA sequence comparison showed that strains TF-11T and TF-12T exhibited closest phylogenetic affinities to Bacillus species. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rDNA sequences shows that the two strains form distinct phylogenetic lineages within the evolutionary radiation enclosed by the genus Bacillus (Fig. 2Go). The results obtained in the morphological and chemotaxonomic analyses are consistent with the results of 16S rDNA sequence comparison and phylogenetic inference (Table 1Go). Strains TF-11T and TF-12T could be clearly differentiated from each other in their morphological and physiological characteristics. There are distinct morphological differences between them, including colony colour, flagellum type and endospore position. There are also some physiological differences between strains TF-11T and TF-12T, such as tolerance of NaCl, temperature and pH for growth, their ability to hydrolyse some substrates and acid production from carbohydrates (Table 1Go). It is noteworthy that strains TF-11T and TF-12T show distinct differences in G+C content and in proportions of some fatty acids, particularly iso- and anteiso-C15 : 0 (Table 2Go). The mean level of DNA–DNA relatedness between the two strains is approximately 7 %. This genomic relatedness provides decisive evidence that strains TF-11T and TF-12T are members of different genomic species (Wayne et al., 1987Go). The 16S rDNA sequence similarity values of strains TF-11T and TF-12T to the type strains of other Bacillus species are respectively less than 96·0 and 96·3 %. There are widely accepted criteria for delineating species in current bacteriology, stating that strains with a level of DNA relatedness of less than 70 % or with more than 3 % difference in 16S rDNA sequences are considered to represent different species (Wayne et al., 1987Go; Stackebrandt & Goebel, 1994Go). Sequence similarity values obtained for strains TF-11T and TF-12T and the type strains of all Bacillus species with validly published names are low enough to categorize strains TF-11T and TF-12T as two distinct species within the genus Bacillus. On the basis of the data described above, strains TF-11T and TF-12T should be placed in the genus Bacillus as two distinct novel species, for which the names Bacillus marisflavi sp. nov. and Bacillus aquimaris sp. nov., respectively, are proposed.

Description of Bacillus marisflavi sp. nov.
Bacillus marisflavi (ma.ris.fla'vi. L. gen. neut. n. maris of the sea; L. masc. adj. flavus yellow; N.L. gen. masc. n. marisflavi of the Yellow Sea).

Cells are aerobic rods, 0·6–0·8x1·5–3·5 µm. Gram-positive, but Gram-variable in older cultures. Motile by means of a single polar flagellum. Central or subterminal ellipsoidal endospores are observed in swollen sporangia. Colonies are smooth, circular to slightly irregular, slightly raised, pale yellow in colour and 2–4 mm in diameter after 3 days at 30 °C on MA. Optimal growth temperature is 30–37 °C. Growth occurs at 10 and 47 °C, but not at 4 or above 48 °C. Optimal growth pH is 6·0–8·0. Growth is observed at pH 4·5, but not at pH 4·0. Optimal growth occurs in the presence of 2–5 % (w/v) NaCl. Growth occurs in the presence of 0–16 % (w/v) NaCl. Growth does not occur under anaerobic conditions on MA. Catalase-positive. Oxidase- and urease-negative. Aesculin and casein are hydrolysed. Hypoxanthine, starch, Tween 80, tyrosine and xanthine are not hydrolysed. Acid is produced from D-cellobiose, D-fructose, D-glucose, maltose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, melibiose, D-ribose, stachyose, sucrose, D-trehalose and D-xylose and produced weakly from D-galactose and D-raffinose. Acid is not produced from adonitol, L-arabinose, lactose, D-melezitose, myo-inositol, L-rhamnose or D-sorbitol. Results using the API 50CHB system show that acid is produced from aesculin, arbutin, gentiobiose, glycerol, methyl {alpha}-D-mannoside and salicin, but not from N-acetylglucosamine, amygdalin, D-arabinose, D-arabitol, L-arabitol, dulcitol, erythritol, D-fucose, L-fucose, gluconate, glycogen, inulin, 2-ketogluconate, 5-ketogluconate, D-lyxose, methyl {alpha}-D-glucoside, methyl {beta}-D-xylose, sorbose, starch, D-tagatose, D-turanose, xylitol or L-xylose. The cell-wall peptidoglycan contains meso-diaminopimelic acid. The predominant menaquinone is MK-7. The major fatty acids are anteiso-C15 : 0 and iso-C15 : 0. The G+C content of the type strain is 49 mol% (determined by HPLC).

The type strain, TF-11T (=KCCM 41588T=JCM 11544T), was isolated from sea water of a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea.

Description of Bacillus aquimaris sp. nov.
Bacillus aquimaris (a.qui.ma'ris. L. n. aqua water; L. gen. n. maris of the sea; N.L. gen. n. aquimaris of the water of the sea).

Cells are aerobic rods, 0·5–0·7x1·2–3·5 µm. Gram-variable. Motile by means of peritrichous flagella. Central ellipsoidal endospores are observed in large, swollen sporangia. Colonies are circular to slightly irregular, slightly raised, pale orange-yellow in colour and 2–4 mm in diameter after 3 days at 30 °C on MA. Optimal growth temperature is 30–37 °C. Growth occurs at 10 and 44 °C, but not at 4 or above 45 °C. Optimal growth pH is 6·0–7·0; no growth is observed at pH 9·0 or 4·5. Optimal growth occurs in the presence of 2–5 % (w/v) NaCl. Growth is poor in the absence of NaCl, but occurs in the presence of up to 18 % (w/v) NaCl. Growth does not occur under anaerobic conditions on MA. Catalase-positive. Oxidase- and urease-negative. Casein, starch and Tween 80 are hydrolysed. Aesculin, hypoxanthine, tyrosine and xanthine are not hydrolysed. Acid is produced from D-fructose, D-glucose, maltose, D-ribose, sucrose and D-trehalose. Acid is not produced from adonitol, L-arabinose, D-cellobiose, D-galactose, lactose, D-mannitol, D-mannose, D-melezitose, melibiose, myo-inositol, D-raffinose, L-rhamnose, D-sorbitol, stachyose or D-xylose. Results using the API 50CHB system show that acid is produced from glycogen, 5-ketogluconate and starch, but not from N-acetylglucosamine, aesculin, amygdalin, D-arabinose, D-arabitol, L-arabitol, arbutin, dulcitol, erythritol, D-fucose, L-fucose, gentiobiose, gluconate, glycerol, inulin, 2-ketogluconate, D-lyxose, methyl {alpha}-D-glucoside, methyl {alpha}-D-mannoside, methyl {beta}-D-xylose, salicin, sorbose, D-tagatose, D-turanose, xylitol or L-xylose. The cell-wall peptidoglycan contains meso-diaminopimelic acid. The predominant menaquinone is MK-7. The major fatty acids are iso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C15 : 0. The G+C content of the type strain is 38 mol% (determined by HPLC).

The type strain, TF-12T (=KCCM 41589T=JCM 11545T), was isolated from sea water of a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea.


   ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 
This work was supported by the NRL research program (grants M10104000294-01J000012800 and NLW0070111) and the 21C Frontier program of Microbial Genomics and Applications (grant MSG0610211) from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of the Republic of Korea and by the research fund of the Probionic Corporation of Korea.


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